Actress Michelle Keegan is “kicking herself” for putting on a stone in weight while filming abroad for BBC drama Our Girl.

Michelle told Woman’s Health: “I’ve put on a stone and feel it everywhere.

"I’ve been away [filming Our Girl] for so long and I haven’t had time to work out, and I literally landed two days ago and now I’m kicking myself and thinking, ‘Why didn’t I just eat healthily while I was away?’.

“But you know what, I think I needed to put on a bit of weight. I was a bit bony.’

“You can hide behind your character when you’re acting – you’re not being yourself.

"I’m a normal girl at the end of the day and when I’m standing there in a bikini or teeny-tiny clothes I’m like, “Oh God!”’

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Of her normal fitness regime, Keegan, 30, said she works out four times a week doing “body weight exercises and weights” and has also recently been doing a lot of HIIT (high intensity interval training).

She said: “When I’m on set, I’m always waiting around for people to move the cameras so I can try to squeeze in press-ups and sit-ups between scenes.”

The former Coronation Street actress said that being away from home, and her husband Mark Wright, for such a long time is “really hard”.

“But we FaceTime and speak, like, all day every day!” she added.

“That’s what keeps me sane. But you know what, I know I’m really lucky. I have to pinch myself all the time.”

The full interview appears in the November issue of Women’s Health, on sale on Tuesday